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A Los Angelista Giveaway: We Cheer 2 for Wii

Things I've never been able to do: the splits, a back flip, a cartwheel.

However, despite my athletic deficiencies, I somehow ended up being a varsity cheerleader during my junior year in high school. You know how it is - one day you're nerding it out with the chess club and writing letters for Amnesty International, and the next day you've got a girl that weighs a buck-o-five standing on your shoulders and you're both yelling, "Dee-Fense!"

Now, after years of thinking my cheerleading days were completely in my past, I'm once again shaking my wii remotes pom-poms and jumping up and down thanks to We Cheer 2 - the high-energy cheerleading game for all ages and genders (seriously, boys, too!) from NAMCO BANDAI Games.

There's still no splits, back flips or cartwheels required -- thank goodness because yours truly, Queen Geriatrica, probably couldn't handle them anyway. I like that the cheerleading moves feel more like dancing, and we all know dancing is like exercising without realizing you're exercising.

I also liked that I was able to customize the cheerleaders to make them look like whatever I want. Here's my girl Zoe -- she's from Indianapolis and she likes to cheer to "Push It" by Salt-N-Pepa, just like I used to back in my heyday.I tried to get my sons to compete with me to be cheer captain, but no amount of telling them there are male cheerleading characters in the game (and they could cheer to a cool Red Hot Chili Peppers song) could get them to participate. My six year-old told me if I paid him $20 he'd play. Oh well. They missed out.

The holidays are coming up so you know you want to win the We Cheer 2 Ultmate Cheer Prize Pack from Namco Bandai:

1 copy of WeCheer 2 for the Wii ($39.99 retail value)

WeCheer 2 wristband

WeCheer 2 megaphone

WeCheer 2 t-shirt flexers (to roll up your sleeves)

To enter:

You must live in the United States.

Leave a comment and a working contact email by 11:59 p.m. PST on Friday, November 13, 2009. Please also leave a name. If you are anonymous and I can't tell who you are, your comment entry will be disqualified.

A winner will be randomly selected. I'll contact the winner on Monday, November 16,2009. If there's no response within 48 hours, I'll pick another winner.Want Additional Entries?

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Good luck and keep cheering!

UPDATE**************UPDATE**************UPDATE**************UPDATE**************Shake those pom-poms! We have a randomly selected winner (thanks to random.org) and I think she's going to be SO excited!!!

I think my six year old would like this (I'm hopelessly uncoordinated) so I'll tell you about the cheerleaders in my school. I grew up in a tiny town of 2500, where is was probably close to 65% Mormon. And you know how in small towns cheerleaders get a reputation for being "hussies?"Anyway, some of the cheerleaders were Mormon and guess what? THEY were the floozies, not the non Mormon girls.And all the good Mormon boys dated the "Good Mormon Girls" and then later they "repented" and went on missions and came home and married virgins (but none of the girls they dated in highschool). And that is just one of the many reason why I'm not Mormon any more.I got along much better with the non Mormon cheerleaders. They were much nicer.So that is my story about cheerleaders, because I just thought about people I've not seen or thought of in ten years:)EmpressAriel @ gmail.com

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS!! I'M RIDICULOUSLY EXCITED!!!! I've always wanted to be a cheerleader & have no problem being obnoxious at games!!! Lolol! This game is perfect for me!! Now Santa HAS to bring me a Wii for Christmas!